Philodendron bucayense
A philodendron described by Croat in 2019 from Ecuador, named after the Bucay area on the western Andean foothills. No wild GBIF records and no habitat notes were available, so this profile relies on the one climate site on file and on what is typical of philodendrons in western Ecuador's wet foothill forest. Treat every figure here as an estimate.
Where it grows wild
No habitat details were found. The Bucay area lies in the humid western foothills of the Andes, where most philodendrons climb trees in wet premontane forest. That is the assumption here.
No recorded elevations. The one climate site on file is at about 1215 m, while Bucay itself lies lower, at roughly 300 m, so the true range is uncertain.
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